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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Week 1 - Online Privacy

Social media giants like Google and Facebook encourage its users to share information with others.  That is after all, how they make their money.  The applications by default, are wide open for others to connect with and acquire information you may or may not desire to be shared.

It is important for all users of these online services to review their privacy settings to minimize all forms of data leakage that may be too personal to share.  Below are some suggestions on how to do that:

 

 Facebook Privacy Settings

 

Google Privacy Settings

 

Twitter Privacy and Security

Phone Privacy

 

Below are a direct links to privacy settings instructions for many online products and services.

E-Commerce

Ebay

Amazon

Email and Voice

Google Mail

Outlook

Yahoo Mail

Mobile/Location Services

Apple iOS

Android

 Web Browsers

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

Music

Apple Music

Pandora

Spotify

Search Engines

DuckDuckGo

Google

Yahoo

Photo and Video Sharing

Flickr

Instagram

Snapchat

TikTok

YouTube

 Social Networks

Facebook

LinkedIn

Reddit

Twitter

Match

Tinder

MeetUp

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